Looking for America at Art Basel Miami Beach

Hyperallergic – The 16th incarnation of Art Basel Miami Beach was supposed to have “a new energy,” as Noah Horowitz, director of the Americas for Art Basel, told the New York Times. It’s true. The booths are larger, the aisles wider, the coffee shops more abundant. With the new space, the crowd felt thinner, but still overwhelming. As its own kind of machine, Basel is a beast that gets fatter and still hungrier every year, its events more corporate, and that aforementioned energy increasingly anxious. – read more